Here is the third chapter to my Oz x Gil fan fiction, called A Bond of Light.

We stayed at Sharon's house for dinner. Alice was sulking in a corner, but we managed to get her to join us by tempting her with meat. After dinner, Oz, Alice, and I left to go to Oz's house. I drove the carriage. Remembering how Oz's Uncle Oscar reacted when he thought Ada had fallen in love with me, I didn't want to tell him about me and Oz, so when we reached his house, I told Oz and Alice that it would be best if we kept it a secret from Oz's family for now. Alice smirked and crossed her arms, making me suspect that she probably would tell Oscar and Ada just to get revenge.
"We'll have to tell them sometime anyway, so we might as well get it over with," said Oz.
"Very well. They're your family, so you decide," I replied, although I knew it wasn't wise. I had a sense of doom as we walked inside the house, dreading that Oscar would end our relationship. Oz's uncle and sister greeted us warmly, asking how our visit with Break and Sharon had been. Oz and I looked at each other meaningfully as Alice avoided having to break the news by rambling on about shopping for meat. Nobody was paying attention to her; Oscar was looking quite bored, and Ada was smiling at me. I started to speak.
"Meat shopping wasn't the only thing that happened. I love Oz." The words didn't seem to make any sense, but Oz looked happy that I had spoken up. I glanced hopefully at Oscar, who looked disbelieving, so I decided that it would be easier to show than to tell. Leaning over Oz, my heart beat fast and my lips touched his. My whole body longed to touch him, hold him, so I did. We kissed hard and long, but it wasn't enough. This lustful aspect of love was not so familiar, but I enjoyed the feeling so much that I forgot about everything besides Oz. After a while, I drew away to see his bright green eyes shining delightedly at me. My heart leaped.
I was about to kiss him again when I was brought back to reality when the three others (who I had completely forgotten about) said, "Eeewww." I tore my eyes away from Oz and saw that they had wrinkled their noses in disgust.
"You didn't have to do that in front of us," Oscar said. "It was disgusting, but you definitely got the point across." I was surprised that he wasn't angry like he had been about Ada's obsession. His tone became less disgusted as he continued: "I think that you two suit each other well. You always have been close, and Oz is twenty-five, plenty old enough for this." Technically, he's fifteen, I thought, but relief flooded through me. He was fine with it! Still dazed from our intense kiss, I didn't bother looking at the other two before taking Oz into his room.
"Can I sleep in here with you?" I asked him.
"Sure. I know you won't do anything indecent, and I would love to spend more time with you," he said. His trust would make it easier for me to keep my lustful desires from overriding my willpower. I loved how Oz seemed so happy and confident since I confessed my love to him. We got into his bed, snuggling. I planned to stay up and talk to him; however, calm and contented after a long day, I soon drifted off to sleep.
When I woke up the next morning, I was still holding Oz. How wonderful it was to start my day by seeing the best person in the world! He looked so serene as he slept. I have no idea how long I stayed in bed, admiring him, before Oscar came in to wake Oz up. Judging by the astonishment on his face, he had not expected me to be there. As I guiltily stood up, I could tell that I had gone too far.
"What do you think you're doing, pervert?!" he shouted at me. I mumbled a lame excuse about being fully dressed, which only got him angrier. "You would even consider not being fully dressed? I didn't realize how sick your mind was, Gil. Out of my house, pervert!" Oz, who had been woken by the shouting, groggily sat up and, smiling obliviously, leaned over and clung onto my torso (he was at an odd angle because I was out of bed). He became more awake and noticed Oscar standing furiously in the doorway, his eyes widening with surprise. Oscar threw far-fetched, random insults at me, saying that I "seduced", "hypnotized", and "manipulated" Oz. Oz was now fully awake, and he stood up and looked pleadingly into his uncle's eyes.
"I wanted him to stay with me. You said yourself I was old enough for romance. Anyway, it wasn't nearly as bad as that kiss in front of you. It isn't like we haven't slept in the same room before," he said.
"But in the same bed?" Oscar said, now more skeptical than angry. Suddenly, Oz gasped and dropped to his knees, hunched over, looking horrified. Concern for him overcame me, and I knelt beside him. What had happened? He looked pale and frightened. I wanted to get rid of whatever was causing this— what could it be? As he clutched the left side of his chest, I realized the seal on his heart must have advanced, a result of the contract he made with Alice. I couldn't stand not being able to do anything. I could see from the worried look on Oscar's face that he felt the same way.
"Oz, are you okay?" I asked, although I knew it was pointless.
He grimaced, then looked bewildered. "It feels... different, somehow." He straightened up, trying to smile at me, but I could see that he was worried. He unbuttoned the top of his shirt exposing the seal, then gasped. "It moved backwards! The seal is reversing!" I stared at him in disbelief. I didn't know how far the seal had been before, but Oz seemed sure that what he had said was true. He started laughing out of confusion and relief, and Oscar and I joined him.
Alice heard our laughter and came in to see what it was about. She scowled at us, her hands on her hips.
"There's nothing to laugh about," she said grumpily.
"Oz's seal moved backwards," Oscar explained.
Oz stopped laughing to say, "I knew that there was hope! I'm not going to be dragged into the Abyss."
"That's impossible," said Alice. "Does it mean that you really have given me up for Gilbert?" I could see that she was fighting back tears.
"Don't you see that this is for the best? Now neither of us will have to go back to the Abyss," Oz said. "I wonder if I can still release B-rabbit's powers?" I recalled that he had once managed to release B-rabbit's powers without me, when he was more romantically involved with Alice.
"Let's go outside and test it," I suggested, although I was worried about the strain it would put on Oz's body. Alice, Oz, and I went outside while Oscar stayed behind, wanting to eat a late breakfast with his niece. Excited and curious, I watched as Oz tried to release B-rabbit's power. Nothing happened. Oz called for me to put my hand on his forehead, which didn't work either. Alice jumped up and down, frustrated.
"Where's my B-rabbit power? Grrr." Oz looked like he was trying not to laugh. I worried about Oz's lack of power making him vulnerable during encounters with Chains, but at the same time, I was glad that he was no longer bound to Alice.
"Maybe we should ask Uncle Oscar if he has any ideas how B-rabbit's power could be released," said Oz. However, Alice seemed determined to figure it out on her own. Half an hour later, after trying various things from having me touch Alice's forehead (after much persuasion from Oz) to chanting things about the power of Chains, we finally gave up. Alice stubbornly refused to stop trying, but Oz and I ignored her and walked back inside. What was the point in trying further? Anyway, I more strongly opposed trying to turn Alice into a giant black rabbit the more we tried. I was worried that it would hurt Oz, and it was obviously not working. He looked worn out, so I suggested that we should rest in the living room with Oscar and Ada.
"Did it work?" Oscar asked.
"No," Oz said wearily. Surprisingly, he didn't look terribly disappointed, just tired. He leaned his head against my chest, and I wrapped my arm around him. I loved touching, comforting, loving Oz. His messy blond hair shone in the late morning sun coming through the windows. He lifted his head to smile at me, holding me close. My face felt hot and my heart danced, and I felt like the world was unbelievably beautiful and filled with endless possibilities as long as Oz was with me. I wondered how I had managed to live without him for ten years.
"So," Ada said uncomfortably, "about you two... Uncle Oscar doesn't want to leave you unsupervised in case you do something indecent." Oscar was sleeping, so we yelled to wake him up. When that didn't work, Ada shook him by the the shoulders gently and he finally awoke.
He yawned. "Um... oh yeah, how strange that you couldn't release B-rabbit's power. I guess that and the reversing of the seal are because of Gil's and Oz's love."
"I told them that you wanted to supervise them," Ada said.
"Well, if the cause of the weakening of the contract is their romance, I think I'll let them be by themselves when they want. It's only fair." Oz and I exchanged relieved glances. Then, I remembered that Alice was still outside, trying to turn into a giant black rabbit. I supposed that it would be best if we left her alone, and honestly, I didn't want to have to deal with her, especially when Oz looked so tired.
"You seem worn out," I told him. "Why don't you take a nap?" I got off the couch so he could lie down, putting my coat over him as a blanket. He gestured for me to sit next to the couch. We looked into each other's eyes for a while, the sounds of Oscar and Ada talking becoming background noise. My head leaned on his shoulder and I closed my eyes. The next thing I knew, I awoke to the familiar, sweet sound of Oz's voice.
"Alice has come back. Let's eat lunch while we hear her complain about the failure of B-rabbit's power." I realized that I was hungry.
"What's for lunch?" I asked. Oz was standing in the doorway. He went into the dining room and I followed. Oscar, Alice, and Ada were eating cheese and lettuce sandwiches and chicken. Well, Alice was eating only chicken, not sandwiches. Oz and I sat down and served ourselves some food.
Oz said, "So, Alice, how did your attempts to release B-rabbit's power go?"
"I did it by myself." She smirked arrogantly. How could that be? We all stopped eating (except for Alice) in surprise. She could control the power herself; she was independent from others now. Not only could she keep Oz safe from Chains, but also it probably meant that she was starting to be less emotionally attached to him.